Practical insight for SMEs navigating what comes next
Our six month SME webinar series designed to help UK & Ireland businesses tackle today’s biggest business challenges and prepare with confidence for the future.
Powered by independent SME research, Future Ready brings you insight led guidance, expert perspectives and practical actions you can apply immediately to your business.
Join one session or all six. Each webinar tackles a core challenge identified by SME leaders in our research. Together, they provide a connected view of how to navigate change across your business.
The series starts in June – Secure your place now.
The Future Ready webinar programme
Episode 1 – Attract and retain top talent
17 June 2026 09:30-10:30am
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Episode 2 – Why cash flow matters
16 July 2026 09:30-10:30am
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Episode 3 – Governance and growth
13 August 2026 09:30-10:30am
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Episode 4 - AI opportunities and risks
09 September 9:30-10:30am
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Episode 5 - Risk and resilience support
15 October 9:30-10:30am
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Episode 6 - Autumn Budget special
November - TBC 9:30-10:30am
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What is Future Ready?
Future Ready is a monthly webinar series running from June to November, created to support SME owners, founders and senior decision makers through a period of economic pressure, regulatory change and rapid technological development.
Every session is:
- Grounded in independent research from over 470 UK SME leaders
- Focused on practical, value led guidance and support
- Delivered by Howden subject matter experts with real-world SME experience
- Designed to help you make more confident decisions for your business
- Add toolkit
Each webinar explores a single core challenge, building step by step over six months to help you strengthen resilience, leadership and long term growth.
Why attend the full series?
SME challenges don’t exist in isolation. Rising costs affect people decisions. Growth raises governance and risk questions. Technology creates opportunity and new exposures.
Future Ready is designed as a connected journey, helping you:
- Join the dots between people, finance, governance, technology and risk
- Build stronger decision making confidence over time
- Leave each session with clear actions and ongoing support
Attending the full series gives you a rounded view of the biggest challenges facing your business and how to tackle them, not just apply quick fixes.
What happens after each webinar?
Each toolkit includes:
- Practical checklists and frameworks
- Clear “what to do next” guidance
- Resources you can apply immediately in your business
You’ll also receive access to:
- The on demand webinar recording
- Follow up insight and supporting content related to each topic
The toolkit ensures the value doesn’t stop when the session ends.
Who should attend?
Future Ready is ideal for:
- Owners and founder
- Managing Directors and CEOs
- Finance, Operations and HR leaders
- Relevant for SMEs with c.6–249 employees navigating growth, change or increasing complexity
If you are responsible for strategy, people, finance or risk within an SME, this series is designed for you.
Don’t miss out, register your place in the Future Ready webinars today!
Martin Camp
Martin will be hosting the Future Ready webinar series because he understands the real world challenges SME leaders face when running and growing a business in uncertain conditions.
Throughout his career, Martin has worked closely with SME owners, founders and senior decision makers across the UK, supporting businesses as they navigate rising costs, people pressures, regulatory change and evolving risk. His experience spans working alongside entrepreneurial leaders who need practical answers, not theory, and who value insight they can apply immediately.
As host of Future Ready, Martin’s role is to connect research led insight with real business realities, guiding conversations, asking the right questions and helping translate complex challenges into clear, actionable next steps.
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